A General Index to the Names and Subject-Matter of the Sacred Books of the East — SBE Vol. 50 (compiled by M. Winternitz, 1910)

; 42, 109, 260 sq. ; 43, 81 ; happy young w. who are not widows

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employed at weddings, 29, 32 ; perform a dance at the wedding, 29, 3 2 ; different rules as to salving for w., 29, 228 ; ceremonies to be performed by the w. of the house, 29, 247, 249 ; perform sacrifice to agricultural deities, 29, 336 ; a perjurer will become a w. in a future birth, 33, 92 ; created for the sake of propagation, 33, 169 ; impure is the part of w. below the navel, 41, 32 ; female conceives again after birth, 41, 311 ; are fond of kush^M plant, 42, 6, 680 ; brings forth within a year, 44, 12 ; * w.'s rites' (strikarmawi), charms pertaining to w., 42, 94-1 lOj 275, 311, 371 sq., 479 sq., 496 sq. ; w. of the waters, 42, 409, 5 2 1 ; Belief and Unbelief as two w., 44, no sq. ; by the womb of w. Pra^apati bore creatures, 44, 114; four w., a maiden, and four hundred female attendants given as sacrificial gift, 44, 402 ; unchaste, barren, and other w. sacrificed at the Purushamedha, 44, 413, 415; different^sepulchral mound for men and w., 44, 435 ; w., the 5udra, the dog, and'iire crow are untruth, sin, darkness, 44, 446; the Mahavira pot is a w., 44, 449 ; Agni and Aryaman connected with w., 46, 371 ; w.are Brahman^ and so are men, 48, 191 ; compared to a fire in which seed is offered, 48, 585 ; — when one who is about to study the Veda wishes to speak to a w. in her courses, he should speak to a Brahmawa before and after speaking to her ; this is auspicious for her offspring, 2, 34 ; w. in their courses are Apapatras, 2, 61 n.; purification for touching a w. in her courses, or a w. after confinement, 2, 253; 7, 94; 14, 30, 182 ; 25, 183; food of a w. who has no male relatives, of a w. in her courses, of an unchaste w., of a w. in childbed, or of men who are ruled by w., must not be eaten, 2, 266 sq. ; 7, 163 sq. ; 14, 69; 25, 161-3 ; punishment of menstruous w. who touches an Aryan, 7, 34 ; a w. is purified by her monthly discharge, 7, 97; 14, 24, 31-3, 132 sq., 233; 25, 188 ; a Snataka must not speak to, nor approach a w. in her courses, 7, 228 ; 25, 135, 137 ; the look of a w. in her courses is contaminating at a 5raddha, 7, 250 ; 25, 119 ; rules for w. during their courses, 14, 32 sq. ; 15, 218 sq.; 25, 179; 30, 199, 199 n., 268; sin of intercourse with menstruating w., 25, 466 ; the Dikshita's garment beaten by the priest, in case part of it may have been spun or woven by an unclean w., 26, 10; in the presence of a recently confined woman or one in her courses, Veda-study must be interrupted, 29, 81, 117, 141. See also Atreyi.

(r) Vt^. IN Buddhism.

Bad conduct is the taint ofw., 10 (i), 61 ; love of man towards w., to be destroyed by the Bhikkhu, 10 (i), 69 ; contempt for w.'s body, .10 (ii), 160; as mourners, at funerals, 11, xli; excluded from accompanying the funeral procession, 11, xlii ; so long as no w. or girls belonging to their clans are detained among the Va^^ians, by force or abduction, so long they will prosper, 11, 3 sq.;

or girls belonging to their clans are detained among the Va^^ians, by force or abduction, so long they will prosper, 11, 3 sq.;

* how are we to conduct ourselves, Lord^ with regard to womankind V

* Don't see them, Ananda,^ ^ But if we should see them, what are we to do?' ^Abstain from speech, Ananda^ * But if they should speak to us, Lordy what are we to do ? ' '•Keep wide awake, Ananda^ ' 11, 91 ; the Bhikkhu abstains from the getting of any w. or girl, of bondmen or bondwomen, 11, 191 ; the W.-Treasure of King Sudassana, 11, 256 sq. ; the ideal of a beautiful w. and a virtuous wife, 11, 256 sq. ; a Bhikkhu must not lie down, nor take a seat in secret with a w.,13, 32, 42 ; a Bhikkhu must not preach the Dhamma, in more than five or six words, to a w. unless another man be present, 13, 32 sq.; a Bhikkhu must not journey with a w. even as far as the next village, 13, 47 ; female lay disciples of Buddha, 13, 109 sq. ; 17, 216-25; delusions by w., one of the dangers in which interruption of Vassa is permitted, 13, 315 sq. ; the longing of pregnant w., 17, 295 ; attempts to delude Buddha by w., 19, 38-46,

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even as far as the next village, 13, 47 ; female lay disciples of Buddha, 13, 109 sq. ; 17, 216-25; delusions by w., one of the dangers in which interruption of Vassa is permitted, 13, 315 sq. ; the longing of pregnant w., 17, 295 ; attempts to delude Buddha by w., 19, 38-46,

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53 sq.; 49 (i), 36-48; Buddha disgusted at the sight of the sleeping w., 19,54-6; 49 (i), 56-9; cf. 13, 102 sq.; the wiles of w., 19, 253-6 ; 35, 294-7, 297 n. ; not to be saluted by Bhikkhus, 20, 195 ; a Bhikkhu should not look into the face of the w. who gives him food, 20, 291 ; Buddha is very reluctant to admit w. into the Order, and declares that that religion will not last long in which w. are allowed to enter into the homeless state, 20, 320-6 ; are capable of Arhatship, 20, 322 ; 35, 297 n. ; if no w. had been admitted to the Order, Buddhism would have endured for a thousand years, 20, 325; 35, 186; Ananda caused the dead body of Buddha to be saluted by w. first, 20, 379 ; Ananda blamed for exerting himself for the admission of w. into the Order, 20, 380; there is no womankind in Buddha-fields, 21, 194, 197, 377, 417; w. as preachers, 21, 213-20, 336 sq., 336 n., 346, 348 ; ladies hear the SaddharmapuWarika, 21, 248, 424 ; cannot occupy the ranks of Brahma, Indra, chief guardian of the four quarters, jSTakravartin, Bodhisattva, 21, 252 ; cannot reach Buddhaship, but the daughter of SSgara changes her sex to become a Buddha, 21, 252-4 ; a Bodhisattva's conduct towards w., 21, 263- 6; capable of perfect enlightenment, 21, 316 sq., 319-24; 49 (ii), 199; merits acquired by young ladies who hear the law preached, 21, 328-35 ; a preacher of the law discerns by his smell whether a pregnant w. will bear a boy or a girl, &c., 21, 344 ; aw. who hears the Bhaisha^yara^a chapter of the SaddharmapuWarika will never be reborn again as w., but as a Bodhisattva in Sukhavati, 21, 389 sq. ; Gadgadasvara assumes the shape of a w. in order to preach the Lotus to w., 21, 401 sq. ; w. who wish to have beautiful offspring adore Avalokitejvara, 21, 409; conditions under which the Lotus of the True Law may be entrusted to w., 21, 432 sq. ; ladies studying the Abhidhamma, 35, 24 sq. ; mentioned before men in the phrase ^a w. or a man,' 35, 83, 83 n. ; 36, 89, 127 sq. n., 175 ; 49 (ii), 123, 125, 129, 139 ; Khu^^uttara remembered her previous births, 35, 122; reveal secrets through infirmity, 35, 141 ; w. whose good actions bare fruit in this life, 35, 172 ; influence of Buddhism on w., 35, 297 n. ; a married w. sins only in secret, 36, 82 ; rules of conduct towards w. for Bhikkhus, 36, 98, 98 n., 100 ; there are men who have become w., and w. who have become men, 36, loi ; a w. without a husband despised, 36, 140 ; the life of w. is always darkness, 49 (i), 4 ; w. of the seraglio viewing a royal procession, 49 (i), 28-30 ; saints seduced by w., 49 (i), 38 sq. ; despise their female nature, 49 (ii), 19; Stryagara, * Frauenzimmer,' 49 (ii), 64 n. See also Bhikkhunis.